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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander aims to carry 10 NASA tech demos and instruments to the moon. The spacecraft will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in ...
A NASA broadcast of the Falcon 9 rocket launch will begin at 12:30 a.m. ET. Forecasts project a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of launch, but SpaceX officials said there ...
SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9 rocket has become one of the most active in the world – a go-to for NASA and even other private companies launching spacecraft into orbit.Musk's commercial space ...
The commission's findings were stark: NASA's proposed Ares V rocket, intended for lunar and Martian missions, was unsustainable and should be canceled. The administration further advocated for a public-private partnership, where private companies would develop and operate spacecraft, and NASA would purchase launch services on a fixed-cost basis.
First launch of the Qianfan (Thousand Sails) broadband megaconstellation, formerly known as G60 Starlink constellation. Chinese state media reported that the launch was a complete success, however, like previous Long March 6A flights, mission ended with hundreds of pieces of trackable debris. [51] 10 August 12:50 [53] Falcon 9 Block 5: Starlink ...
Comparison of NASA Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle spacecraft with their launch vehicles. This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. [1]
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Europa Clipper space probe launches from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 14, 2024, on a mission to orbit Jupiter and study its icy moon, Europa, for signs ...
Ariane flight VA256 was an Ariane 5 rocket flight that launched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) into space on 25 December 2021. [3] It was 2021's final Ariane flight, its most valuable payload to date, and the 256th Ariane mission. The launch was described by NASA as "flawless" and "perfect". [4]